PTI slams blackout of social media across country

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Monday strongly condemned what he alleged the unconstitutional and illegal caretaker government for its illegal act of total blackout of social media across the country to stymie the PTI to raise funds through a telethon.

He demanded of the Supreme Court (SC) to take immediate notice of ‘illegal and unjustified’ shutdown of internet and punish the responsible for this reprehensible act. Strongly reacting to the “shutting down of internet across the country during PTI fund raising telethon”, he charged that the caretaker government was busy in usurping the basic constitutional rights of over 240 million citizens of the country.

He made it clear that such kind of reprehensible tampering with the internet would have a very negative impact on the already fragile economy and that such strategy neither had been successful before nor would it work in future to deprive the PTI from communicating its message to the masses.

The PTI, he claimed, was not allowed to carry out peaceful political and electoral activities and that erecting obstacles in completely legal digital activities during elections was the worst example of coercion, fascism and misuse of power.

The PTI spokesperson noted that despite all disruptions, citizens donated crores of rupees to the party due to PTI founding Chairman Imran Khan’s honesty and trustworthiness. He contended that efforts were afoot with the state resources to turn a clear defeat in the elections into a victory through conspiracy and state power.

He urged that the apex court should hold accountable those who inflicted huge damage to the economy of the country by shutting down/ slowing the internet. He made it clear that February 8 was a day of the victory of Constitution, democracy and people’s right to vote; therefore, all attempts to rob people of mandate through coercion would doom to fail.